Elevated platform or support for motor-vehicles, &amp;c.



PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904.

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WILLIAM (JADWALADR Ol VEN, OF FALLING, ENGLAND.

ELEVATED PLATFORM OR SUPPORT FOR MOTOR-VEHICLES, 81.0.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,219, dated December13, 1904.

Application filed March 4, 1904.

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Be it known that I, WILLIAM CADWALADR OWEN, a subject of the King of theUnited Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, and a resident of 15Clovelly road, Ealing, in the county of Middlesex, England, haveinvented new and useful Improvements in Elevated Platforms or Supportsfor Motor and other Road-Vehicles to Facilitate Repairing and Cleaningof Same, of which the following is a SDGCIIIOZUDIOH.

This invention is designed to provide a platform or support by means ofwhich motor and other road-vehicles can be elevated to a suitableheight, so that repairing and cleaning op erations can be carried outinstead of, as hitherto, having to use a pit, with its attendant dangersand inconveniences, for such purposes.

In order that my invention may be clearly understood, reference is madeto the accompanying drawings, in which-- Figure 1 is a perspective viewof the platform in the elevated position. Fig. 2 is a side view of theplatform with one end lowered, and Fig. 3 is a cross-section showing analternative form of constructing the legs of the platform.

I wish to explain here that the platform may be made in various sizesand that the construe tion may be modified from that shown in thedrawings without departing from the principle of my invention.

In carrying out my invention I utilize, preferably, two planks of woodto form the two supporting parts (6 a of the platform. These planks areof suitable width and length and are sufliciently strong or suitablystrengthened to support the vehicle thereon of the size for which saidplatform is intended. They are furnished with guide-rails Z) I) at theirouter sides,and,if necessary,at their inner sides also, to prevent thevehicle from running elf same. The planks are placed a suitable distanceapart, so that a space is left between them, and are firmly held. inposition at both ends by rods or bars, such as c 0. Said planks areadjustable laterally on these bars to suit different gages ofvehicle-wheels. The bars are carried by suitable bearers or supports (1,fastened to the platform, and are firmly secured SerialNo.198,6Z'7. (Nomodel.)

thereto in the desired positi on by clamps, pins, belts, or othersuitable means.

The platform is supported upon legs at both ends and in or near thecenter. The rear legs 1: are hinged, pivoted, or so attached to the platorm as to be capable of being turned under,as in Fig. 2, so that therear end of the platform can be lowered to rest upon the ground or floorin order that the vehicle can be run up onto the platform. l/Vhen thegreater weight of the vehicle passes the center legs f, the forward partof the 'ilatforlin is forced down to rest upon its legs 7, and the rearpart is consequently raised. The rear legs (a are then turned or allowedto fall down into position and are firmly held by means of rods or staysit, which are loosely connected therewith at one end and clamped orotherwise secured to the platform or to the side plates secured theretoat the other. The said legs are of sullicient height to allow a workmanto get under the vehicle for the purpose of attending to the machinery.

Stopping-pieces, such as J a, are fixed at the front end of the platformto prevent the vehicle from running off same.

I lind it convenient to form slots in the side plates for the bolts 7r,which clamp or bind the upper ends of the stays it to the plates toslide in, so that it will not be necessary to disconnect the stays inorder to fold the legs under. The tightening and loosening of theboltsare effected by manipulating the handles Z.

In order that the platform may be collapsible, so as to be easily andconveniently carried from one place to another, I hinge or pivot thefront and center legs 7 g andff to the platform and use adjustable staysor supports m m. and /1 n for same. The upper ends of these stays areclamped by bolts engaging in slots 0 and p in the side plates in asimilar manner to that as described for the rear legs. The legs can thusbe folded. and. by removing the end bars a c all the parts of theplatform can be placed together or packed in a small space. For heavyvehicles I put additional stays on the center legs.

The legs can be made out of metal tubes or of cast-iron, wood, or othersuitable material.

They may be constructed in any desired shape and a set fitted to eachplank or supportingpiece, as shown in Fig. 1, or the legs could beformed to extend across and support both planks, as in Fig. 3. In thiscase the front and rear bars 0 0 could be dispensed with, as the plankscould be adjusted laterally on the upper cross-bars q of the legs, thestays 9' for the legs being connected to the planks and secured in thedesired position to movable sleeves on the horizontal bar 5 of the legsor in any other suitable manner.

A winding contrivance t is fitted. preferably, at one side of theplatform. It is formed with two drums, upon each of which is wound arope. One rope, reeved over a pulley u and pulley-block '0, leads tofront end, and the other rope, which passes over a similar pulley andblock, leads to the rear end, of the platform. This contrivance is usedwhen operated in one direction for hoisting the vehicle up the inclineof the platform and into position and when turned in the oppositedirection moving it until the platform is tilted and then lowering itgently to the ground.

Having now described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is

1. A platform for motor and other road-vehicles consisting of twosupporting parts (6 a, held apart at their front and rear ends bysuitable bars or rods, and supported by legs at the front and rear endsand at or near the center, the rear legs being turnable or collapsibleso that they can be folded or so placed, that the end of the platformcan be lowered to rest upon the ground or floor, in order that thevehicle can ascend onto the platform, and then readjusted to theirnormal position when the greater weight of the vehicle has passed thecenter legs and so caused the platform to assume its horizontalposition, substantially as and for the purposes herein set forth.

2. In a platform or support for motor and other road-vehicles of thecharacter described, the supporting parts a (6 having legs at the frontand in or near the center and collapsible legs at the rear end, and therods or bars at the ends of the supporting parts capable of allowing thesaid supporting parts to be adjusted laterally on same to suit differentgages of vehicle-wheels, substantially as herein set forth.

3. In a platform or support for motor and other road-vehicles of thecharacter described, the supporting parts (a at having a removable baror rod 0 at each end, and turnable or collapsible legs, so that theseveral parts of the platform can be detached, folded, and placed orpacked together in a small space and thereby be easily and convenientlycarried from one place to another, substantially as herein set forth.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my hand in the presence of twowitnesses.

WILLIAM CADWALADR OWEN.

Witnesses:

H. D. JAMESON, TH. RANDS.

